श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । मुक्तिरेषोच्यते राम ब्रह्मैतत्समुदाहृतम् । निर्वाणमेतत्कथितं शृणु तत् प्राप्यते कथम् ॥ २५ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | muktirēṣōcyatē rāma brahmaitatsamudāhṛtam | nirvāṇamētatkathitaṁ śṛṇu tat prāpyatē katham || 25 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: This is called freedom, Rāma; this is declared to be Brahman; this is said to be nirvāṇa. Hear how it is gained.
Word by word
- muktir
- (muktiḥ) freedom
- ēṣā
- this
- ucyatē
- is called
- rāma
- Rāma
- brahma
- Brahman
- ētat
- this
- samudāhṛtam
- is declared to be
- nirvāṇam
- nirvāṇa
- kathitaṁ
- is said to be
- śṛṇu
- hear
- tat
- it
- prāpyatē
- is gained
- katham
- how
Meaning
Three names for one thing: mukti (freedom), Brahman, nirvāṇa (the going out, the stilling). The vision of the bodiless one as the Self of all is not a special state added to freedom; it is freedom. And Vasiṣṭha answers Rāma's fear not with encouragement but with a method: hear how it is gained.